"The Silent Wings of Freedom"

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:16 am

Some obviously tense moments in the studio. Very cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8oTI5PyeoY&search=YES

Give the vid a moment, it takes a little while to load. Worth it though, if your a Squire fan.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:48 am

I clicked on the link, went and made a sandwich and it still didn't start, so I hit refresh and it started right away. Very cool.

henny · Post by **henny** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:23 am

Ughhhf. Yet more DVD rips... Youtube will be shut down unless these idiots stop uploading copyrighted stuff!

Re the clip: It's classic footage of a rehearsal, yes.

edski · Post by **edski** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:29 am

I wouldn't know it was from any DVD or what...

Interesting "yeah, I enjoy playing it".

All in all Tormato is a forgettable album IMO, but this tune, "Don't Kill The Whale", and I suppose "Onward" are decent. IIRC "Arriving UFO" should have left...

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:44 am

I dunno, I think Chris had some cool lines on Tormato.

I do think it was a low point for the band in general though.

edski · Post by **edski** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:55 am

Yeah, there was great bass playing on that album...again, as I recall. Been a VERY long time since I listened to it. But looking at the song list I have to say it was a weak effort in general.

I think we're agreeing, right?

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:01 am

Oh yeah, I agree.

It would be my last choice if I was picking a CD to listen to. I do like Chris's use of the Evintide Harmonizer though. A little over the top, but cool.

henny · Post by **henny** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:38 am

And the title is "On The Silent Wings Of Freedom"

I do like Chris's use of the Evintide Harmonizer though. A little over the top, but cool.

Totally agree, very cool - very innovative - a bit too much though, Chris...

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:06 pm

"Ughhhf. Yet more DVD rips... Youtube will be shut down unless these idiots stop uploading copyrighted stuff! "

I don't know how they are allowed to keep this stuff on the server as well. I remember when (back in the day) AOL had to remove all the photo groups offline because people were uploading band logos and album cover art. You can find almost anything on YouTube. Sure the quality is trash, but most of the time someone owns that copyright. I don't think it will be around, at least in it's current form too much longer.

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:20 pm

Ah, “Tormato” . . . so much possibility, and so little to show for it . . . the songs are good, but the album that they make together is just so . . . disappointing.

Personally, "Don't Kill the Whale" should've had completely different lyrics, because the song itself is great, but the lyrics are beyond silly. "Arriving UFO” was good, but should’ve sounded less thin; it felt like there wasn’t any bottom to the song, like it was just treble the whole way. “Circus of Heaven” . . . yeah, that song has to be the worst song Yes ever did. The rest of the album is actually quite good, and “Onward” is actually one of my favorite Yes songs. But altogether, it’s just lackluster. It’s like they didn’t really know what they were doing when they were writing the album . . .

fran4001 · Post by **fran4001** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:08 pm

Yeah, a little bit of tension there. It had to be hard to construct that music though. When I think of all the stuff that went into just THAT song, let alone the whole album. Very telling that Alan mentioned the "magical bits" that were lost after repeated takes. I think I understand that concept! Just not on such a grand scale. With that many hot players in the same room, the friction has to get intense at times.

pekka · Post by **pekka** » Mon May 01, 2006 6:15 am

He also overused the Colorsound Dipthonizer on "Tormato".
http://filters.muziq.be/model/colorsound/dipthonizer?PHPSESSID=3e187d2cf9b85569ae789760

He has a great bass tone on "Release, Release" (Thunderbird), pity about the song...

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Mon May 01, 2006 9:06 am

The song itself is actually quite good . . . just another victim of silly lyrics. At least, silly for Yes.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:40 pm

FWIW, Don't Kill the Whale was a Squire song that got new lyrics in the studio and he wasn't too happy about it.